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These rules are about to get much stricter too because as it stands, RyanAir only has space in their cabins for 90 pieces of hang luggage.

That means that if you are not near the front of the queue with your hand luggage, you are running the risk of your bag having to be placed in the hold or not being able to fly at all.

A RyanAir spokesman said: “Due to overhead locker cabin space limitations, only 90 normal cabin bags (55x40x20cms) can be carried in the cabin and any remaining normal cabin bags can be carried free of charge in the aircraft hold.

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary (Image: Getty)

“Both carry-on bags must fit in the sizer at the boarding gate and any oversized cabin bags will be refused, or where available, placed in the aircraft hold for a fee of £50/€50.”

At the moment, RyanAir allow passengers to take two pieces of carry on luggage with them - one being a 55x40x20cms bag and the other a smaller bag like a handbag or laptop bag.

From November 1 though, this will be scrapped for everybody - except those travelling with 'priority boarding'.

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Adding this to your booking will cost the customer £5 when you initially book your flight or £6 if you add it later.

Priority boarding customers will be allowed to take two pieces of hand luggage onto the flight for free, whilst others will be limited to just one - with the larger of the cases needing to be checked into the hold at the boarding gate.

A spokesman for the airline said: “Too many customers are availing of Ryanair’s two free carry-on bags service, and with high load factors (97 per cent in August) there is not enough overhead cabin space for this volume of carry-on bags, which is causing boarding/flight delays.”